Man pays for car with coins

A man has handed over thousands of dollars in coins as payment for a new pick-up truck in the United States.

Man pays for car with coins

30 August 2010Richard Blackburn

A 70-year-old man in the United States has handed over $US16,000 in spare change as partial payment for a new pick-up truck.

A report in the Cincinnati Enquirer says the man arrived at a local Chevrolet dealership with 16 coffee cans filled with coins. It took staff 90 minutes to count the money, which added up to half the price tag on the Silverado truck.

The man, who paid for the balance of the truck with a cheque, told staff he didn’t trust paper money.